Unfunded mandates. The Illinois Gneral Assembly likes to pass on the costs of it's laws to the local level. If they are going to pass a law, they should fund it and pay for it.

Tell our Board of Supervisors that we will NO LONGER accept minimum funding and drastic funding cuts to our school system. Our schools are deteriorating and overcrowded after years of neglect and postponed repairs and improvements. Our teachers are the lowest paid in the area. Our children, teachers and staff deserve to learn and teach in positive environments with up to date textbooks, safe equipment, appropriate instructional tools and technology.

How to help students raise little money for them to go back to school

Staying there is senseless. We are only enforcing the resolve of the Taliban and we should be working with them to create some kind of compromise on disallowing terrorist training camps.

My petition is about jobs and wages. Prices are going up. I feel if prices are going up, our wages should increase so people that are making minimum wage or a little over could keep up with the economy. People should sign this so they can see how many people struggle with their nickle and dime jobs and our wages have yet to increase so we can keep up.

Our petition is about promoting empowerment, and positive American History. Lexington, KY is full of positive uplifting history, however our city is littered with negative landmarks. Streets named after public lynching sights and slave auctions "cheapside" referring to the cheap slaves and live stock. Lexingtons "old" courthouse has a Confederate solider statue on Main St next to Cheapside. We feel taking action to have this statue removed would be taking a step closer to rid our country of racial insensitivity.

Tell your state representative and Governor Deal that members of the campus community deserve the same right to defend themselves against violent crime both on and off campus.

This petition is addressed to help students, tax payers and teachers. The education reform bill seeks to give vouchers so kids can attend private schools that are not equipped to handle children with disabilities, end teacher tenure meaning a teacher can be fired for any reason even if the reason is not a valid one, teachers would loose their jobs because of student test scores.

Tigard Oregon is a suburb of the Portland Oregon metro area. Tigard is supported by local caring people who shop local businesses, and have done their best to keep Walmart out of our town. Now the Tigard City Council and Mayor have approved a deal allowing Walmart to enter into the city where concerned citizens have repeatedly pushed Walmart out. Again Walmart has behind the scenes negotiated for a store that will not only lower property values, destroy local businesses, increase traffic exponentially in a area that is already overloaded with traffic, take away more living wage jobs and take money out of our community. Want to become more involved? Visit us at: http://www.nowalmartintigard.org/

For too long, our politicians have ignored the question of what is the role of war in a humane and democratic society. There is a distinct lack of a rational and moral consciousness among our political leaders regarding this question. I believe this is the time for such a national dialogue, while our nation, it seems, is being prepared for yet another war.

As a Counselor and community organizer I frequently come across children whose parents are either in jail or deported. These children are left to the mercy of some good samaritan or,if they get in trouble with the law - depending on the findings of the courts, they may become wards of the State. I would love to see a clause added to the immigration laws wherby children who fall under this unfortunate situation get thebenefit of becoming citizensrather than being deported. America is the only home they know, situation,are given special consideration for citizenship.Most of them are now adults and America is the only home they have.

This is about dismantling the post office,resulting in depleted income and benefits for postal workers as well as service to the public.